I have no reason to post this, except that it’s awesome in so many ways.

You can grab totally cool Eduard Hil T-shirts here. I mean, if you really want one.

-Chandler

White Hinterland- Kairos

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Could Zooey Deschanel be any more adorable? She already had singing and acting in her repertoire, but in this video for “In the Sun” off their upcoming Volume Two, she adds dancing the video beautifully. This song feels perfect for the current situation in recently sunny Connecticut, where temperatures have skyrocketed into the mid-fifties! M. Ward seems perfectly content to take the backseat to Zooey in both the actual music and the video, where he makes more of a cameo that a feature appearance, although he’s got his own gig so I understand. Volume Two comes out via Merge in two weeks on March 23.

She and Him MySpace

Zooey Deschanel’s Twitter

-Donovan

I’ve been loving this new song from Dr. Dog. Get Pumped for their new album Shame, Shame, coming April 6th.

Dr. Dog – Shadow People

Amazon / iTunes

-Chris

With Conan out of the late night game, our late night viewing habits have shifted to Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show only, leaving the TV dark from 11:30-12:30. Last night the Russian band Mumiy Troll made an appearance on the show. Although I had never heard of the band, (despite their having been around for 25 years apparently). They performed “Polar Bear,” as you’d be able to tell from the woman who comes out on stage wearing a polar bear costume. This was far and away the most eccentric and involved performance I’ve ever seen from a band on a late night talk show. Check out the video.

-Donovan

Hey! If you live in the twin cities, check out Cataldo and Laura Veirs at The Cedar Cultural Center tomorrow night. It’s gonna be a great show, and I love the Cedar. Doors open at 7pm. Here’s a video of Laura Veirs from NPR Music. Eric Anderson, lead singer of Cataldo and a Macalester grad, is the dude in the glasses. Enjoy!

-Chris

If the video doesn’t load for you, here’s a link to NPR.

There is a blog devoted to pictures of people hugging Joanna Newsom’s latest album, Have One On Me. This is my roommate, Brian. He can be found midway down page two.

People Hugging the New Joanna Newsom Album

-Chris

Kate Nash seems a little…angry. Kate Nash’s 2007 Made of Bricks was a really charming little album, filled with bubblegum pop piano riffs about love and growing up. I have no idea what the themes of Kate’s upcoming album are going to be, it’s untitled as of now, (the download from Nash’s official website marks the album title as “Final Mastered Album” in my iTunes) but judging on a preliminary listen to “I Just Love You More,” things seem to have changed a lot. Nash is still singing about love and things still don’t seem like they’re working out, but now she seems a little more irate about the whole situation. The entire sound palate of this song is completely unlike anything present on her debut. Plus she screams like a divine sounding banshee on several occasions. Her lyrics were occasionally scathing on Bricks, but the music always seemed to trudge along blissfully unaware of the subject matter. I love the outburst of emotion on this preliminary track to be honest, although I loved the debut album as well, and this certainly seems a lot different. You can download the track here (or below). I’ve offered up one of my favorite tracks from the original for a little comparison to see how Kate has changed in the past few years.

Kate Nash – Mouthwash

Kate Nash – I Just Love You More

PS. Kate has also become a member of a new band called “The Receeders” but little is known (at least to me) about this puzzling group other than they only have four songs.

-Donovan

Joanna Newsom- Have One On Me

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This track is so awesome and made me very happy. via the hood internet.

The Hood Internet – The XX Gon’ Give It To Ya (DMX vs The xx)

-Donovan